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set to [the tune of] “Lilies.” <i>A Psalm</i> of David.</p><p class="psstart"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Save me, O God, <t><p class="indent1">For the waters have threatened my life [they have come up to my neck]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold; <t><p class="indent1">I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; <t><p class="indent1">My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; <t><p class="indent1">Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully; <t><p class="indent1">I am forced to restore what I did not steal. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O God, You know my folly; <t><p class="indent1">My wrongs are not hidden from You. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not let those who wait [confidently] for You be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>ashamed through me, O Lord <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>GOD of hosts; <t><p class="indent1">Do not let those who seek You [as necessary for life itself] be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; <t><p class="indent1">Confusion <i>and</i> dishonor have covered my face. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I have become estranged from my brothers <t><p class="indent1">And an alien to my mother’s sons. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For zeal for Your house has consumed me, <t><p class="indent1">And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When I wept <i>and</i> humbled myself with fasting, <t><p class="indent1">It became my reproach. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When I made sackcloth my clothing [as one in mourning], <t><p class="indent1">I became a byword [a mere object of scorn] to them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me <i>and</i> mock me, <t><p class="indent1">And I am the song of the drunkards. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable <i>and</i> opportune time; <t><p class="indent1">O God, in the greatness of Your favor <i>and</i> in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, <t><p class="indent1">Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; <t><p class="indent1">Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me, <t><p class="indent1">Nor the deep waters swallow me up, <t><p class="indent1">Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is sweet <i>and</i> good <i>and</i> comforting; <t><p class="indent1">According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not hide Your face from Your servant, <t><p class="indent1">For I am in distress; answer me quickly. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Draw near to my soul and redeem it; <t><p class="indent1">Ransom me because of my enemies [so that they do not delight in my distress]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted]; <t><p class="indent1">My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known]. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Reproach <i>and</i> insults have broken my heart and I am so sick. <t><p class="indent1">I looked for sympathy, but there was none, <t><p class="indent1">And for comforters, but I found none. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, <t><p class="indent1">And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them]; <t><p class="indent1">And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], <i>may it become</i> a trap. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>May their eyes be dimmed so that they cannot see, <t><p class="indent1">And make their loins shake continually [in terror and weakness]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Pour out Your indignation on them, <t><p class="indent1">And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>May their encampment be desolate; <t><p class="indent1">May no one dwell in their tents. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For they have persecuted him whom You have struck, <t><p class="indent1">And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced <i>and</i> wounded. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Add [unforgiven] iniquity to their iniquity [in Your book], <t><p class="indent1">And may they not come into Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>righteousness. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>May they be blotted out of the book of life [and their lives come to an end] <t><p class="indent1">And may they not be recorded with the righteous (those in right standing with God). <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But I am sorrowful and in pain; <t><p class="indent1">May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I will praise the name of God with song <t><p class="indent1">And magnify Him with thanksgiving. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And it will please the LORD better than an ox <t><p class="indent1">Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The humble have seen it and are glad; <t><p class="indent1">You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive <i>and</i> live. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>For the LORD hears the needy <t><p class="indent1">And does not despise His <i>who are</i> prisoners. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Let heaven and earth praise Him, <t><p class="indent1">The seas and everything that moves in them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, <t><p class="indent1">That His servants may remain there and possess it. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/69-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The descendants of His servants will inherit it, <t><p class="indent1">And those who love His name will dwell in it.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> I.e. have their expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Heb <i>YHWH (Yahweh),</i> usually rendered LORD.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> I.e. be justified and acquitted by You.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/68.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 68"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 68" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/70.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 70"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 70" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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